Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing two kinds of young, as some worms.
- In zoology, having twins; producing two at a birth; also, laying two eggs, as the pigeon and humming-bird.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having two kinds of young, as certain annelids.
- adjective Producing only two eggs for a clutch, as certain birds do.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having two kinds of
young . - adjective zoology Producing only two
eggs in aclutch .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek twice + a bringing forth, offspring.
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jmjarmstrong commented on the word ditokous
JM misses carbon paper and its ditokous output.
September 22, 2010